Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Nymphalidæ and Nymphalinæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun The type genus of the
Nymphalidae , including the mourning cloak butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies
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Examples
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It was an entirely new species of great beauty, and has been named by Mr. Hewitson — Nymphalis calydona.
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Nymphalis-Jasius, the only representative in Europe of the genus
The South of France—East Half C. B. Black
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Nymphalis butterflies, with wings of ochre and pearl, flit among the tree tops!
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It was an entirely new species of great beauty, and has been named by Mr. Hewitson -- Nymphalis calydona.
The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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I happen to noticed a Nymphalis butterfly species hiding in the corner of the floor ... ..
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They are referring to Nymphalis antiopa, and this binomial jumps all geographical boundaries, crosses through every language, through all the alphabets, and determines this animal's true identity.
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